The purpose of the award is to recognize graduates of Paris High School and the former Gibbons High School for outstanding personal and professional achievements and to identify role models for Paris High School students. Distinguished Graduates are recognized with a place of prominence on a Wall of Honor in the Paris High School Commons Area.
2022-2023 Distinguished Graduate Awardee
2021-2022 Distinguished Graduate Awardee
2020-2021 Distinguished Graduate Awardees
2019-2020 Distinguished Graduate Awardees
COL Marshall K. Dougherty, Jr., 82
Ford Taylor, 75
2019-2020 Distinguished Graduate Photo Album
2018-2019 Distinguished Graduate Awardees
Zach Clifford, 04
Dr. Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., 61
2018-2019 Distinguished Graduate Photo Album
2017-2018 Distinguished Graduate Awardees
Captain J. K. (Jack) Ashmore, 47
Sharon Samuels Reed, 68
2017-2018 Distinguished Graduate Photo Album
2016-2017 Distinguished Graduate Awardees
Dr. Larry “T-Byrd” Gordon, 67 (Posthumous)
Thomas S. Moore, 58
Lewis “Jackrabbit” Smith, 41 (Posthumous)
Dr. Charles Sterling, 63
2016-2017 Distinguished Graduate Photo Album
2015-2016 Distinguished Graduate Awardees
Linda Bates Leali, ‘65
Dr. Charles R. Baxter, ‘46 (Posthumous)
Larry Dean Click, ‘55 (Posthumous)
Jay Hunter Morris, ‘81
2015-2016 Distinguished Graduate Photo Album
2014-2015 Distinguished Graduate Awardees
Leslie Satcher, '80
Charles "Red" Scott, '45 (Posthumous)
2014-2015 Distinguished Graduate Photo Album
2013-2014 Distinguished Graduate Awardees
James Robert (Bob) Biard, '48
Blake Neely, ‘87
Eddie Robinson, ‘38
2013-2014 Distinguished Graduate Photo Album
2012-2013 Distinguished Graduate Awardees
Raymond Berry, '50
Trenton Doyle Hancock, ‘92
Deon Minor, ‘91
Gene “Bebes” Stallings, ‘53
Admiral James O. Richardson, 1897 (Posthumous)
2012-2013 Distinguished Graduate Photo Album